Faithfully adapted from Amy Tan’s bestselling book, director Wayne Wang’s moving yet witty melodrama mixes the stories of four Chinese-born mothers with those of their American-born daughters.
Murder, suicide, betrayal and love are all captured, sometimes in a deeply affecting manner, and the drama is beautifully if sentimentally played by a cast that includes Kieu Chinh, France Nuyen, Wen Ming-Na, Lauren Tom and Tamlyn Tomita.
Tan co-wrote the script with Rain Man(1988) scribe Ronald Bass, and if the result is a bit of a women’s weepie then, at least, it’s an excellent one.
Suyuan
Kieu Chinh Lindo
Tsai Chin Ying Ying
France Nuyen An-Mei
Lisa Lu June
Ming-Na Waverly
Tamlyn Tomita Lena
Lauren Tom Rose
Rosalind Chao Old Chong
Victor Wong
Director
Wayne Wang
Related Posts
What's Eating Gilbert Grape? (1993) This eccentric, charming film by Lasse (My Life as a Dog, 1985) Hallström was one of the freshest and most…
Honey, I Shrunk The Kids (1989) Disney revived the bumbling inventor comedy of The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) and The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964) with 1989's Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. In this…
Spy Hard (1996) The blockbuster action thriller genre is ripe for sending up, but this lazy effort has to go down as a…
Robin Hood: Men In Tights (1993) The heroic outlaw returns from the Crusades to discover the country is in the grip of evil Prince John and…
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975) Youngsters who like their prehistoric monsters to rampage around theme parks aren't going to be particularly impressed by this offering…
Nixon (1996) This biographical drama from director Oliver Stone stars Anthony Hopkins as Richard Milhous Nixon. From a humble Quaker upbringing, Nixon…
Jigsaw (1962) Called in to investigate an apparently minor crime (the theft of a file of leases from a local estate agent),…
Jet Storm (1959) Cy Endfield’s proto-typical airborne disaster movie revolves around a threat to blow up a London to New York-bound flight from…
